Monday, December 7th 2009
Sapphire Unveils HD 5770 Vapor-X
Sapphire expanded its Radeon HD 5700 series with the Sapphire HD 5770 Vapor-X. This release comes around a month after the HD 5750 Vapor-X, and resembles it in having the same GPU cooler: a GPU contact block with a Vapor chamber acts as a large heatpipe, uniformly conveying heat to the heatsink above it, which is cooled by a fan. Unlike the HD 5750 Vapor-X which comes with a blue reference PCB, this one retains the black reference one, with the cooler being the only noticeable change.
The Radeon HD 5770 is based on the 40 nm Juniper GPU. It is DirectX 11 compliant, and has 800 stream processors, along with 1 GB of memory installed across a 128-bit GDDR5 interface. It also supports the ATI Eyefinity technology that allows users to scale a display head across three physical displays. Connectivity includes two DVI-D, and one each of HDMI and DisplayPort. Sapphire also gave it a modest factory overclock, with the core running at 860 MHz (vs 850 MHz reference), while the memory stays at 1200 MHz (4.8 GHz effective). It is priced around 145 EUR.
The Radeon HD 5770 is based on the 40 nm Juniper GPU. It is DirectX 11 compliant, and has 800 stream processors, along with 1 GB of memory installed across a 128-bit GDDR5 interface. It also supports the ATI Eyefinity technology that allows users to scale a display head across three physical displays. Connectivity includes two DVI-D, and one each of HDMI and DisplayPort. Sapphire also gave it a modest factory overclock, with the core running at 860 MHz (vs 850 MHz reference), while the memory stays at 1200 MHz (4.8 GHz effective). It is priced around 145 EUR.
32 Comments on Sapphire Unveils HD 5770 Vapor-X
Your case if anything would be warmer :D
wish they would sell them as aftermarket coolers.
Back in the day the non-reference PCBs mean higher quality OC versions, but now the reference components are becoming the maximum.
I have a couple of 1gb 4850's that just rock, and a 1gb 9800GT that kicks ass too, I bet they could make a 5870 shorter too.
This cooler has a vapor chamber for its base, and much larger and better done fins.
The egg has a thick rough base and narrow fins.
There are no heat sinks or heat spreaders on the RAM.
Unless you happy to have some pennies or actual heatsinks to stick to the ram :laugh:
www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=54_196&products_id=26689
Don't want your ram fucking up early eh lol
I bet his is gonna be a very popular card.I have a pair of the 5770s with the original coolers and the small slots are very restrictive and the fans are loud. They dont vent much air outside at all, Lucky they dont run any where near as hot as the 4870s do.
I bet the Vapor X ones are much better/quieter
EDIT: It is. :)
How ever you could solder 2 or 3 pennies together then cut lines in them to increase the surface area :D then lap the bottom.
Extreme Penny heatsinks.
This is a dreadful cooler. No heat pipe. Thick not thin fins. Aluminium not copper. NOTHING under that plastic shroud. It is NOT as good as the standard cooler... and it is priced cheaper. Now you know why...